Music has had a long history in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , from the days in Kirtland , Nauvoo , and the settlement of the West, to the present day. In the early days of the Church, stripped-down Latter-Day Saint folk music, which could be sung without accompaniment due to the lack of instruments in Utah, was popular. In the 19th century, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was created and began touring, while musicians began writing devotional and praise music with a Latter-Day Saint influence, paralleling the success of Christian Contemporary Music. Several organizations have existed and do exist to promote these artists, such as Deseret Book and the now-defunct Faith-centered Music Association. Starting in the late 20th century and to the present day, Latter-Day Saints have been increasingly involved in modern popular music in America and elsewhere in the World.
46-470: Mormon folk music constituted some of the earliest European-American music in the boundaries of modern Utah. These songs, simple and easy to remember, were usually sung without accompaniment because of the scarcity of musical instruments in territorial Utah . Although they often employed the same tunes as folk music elsewhere, Mormon folk music is distinctively Utahn. The songs often include unique pioneer -era Latter-Day Saint culture references to crossing
92-484: A frequency of 3.1% (respectively 0.9% and 2.2%) in European Americans, although that frequency may be scattered by region. DNA analysis on native European Americans by geneticist Mark D. Shriver showed an average of 0.7% Native African admixture and 3.2% Native American admixture. The same author, in another study, claimed that about 30% of all European Americans, approximately 66 million people, have
138-448: A median of 2.3% of native African admixture. Later, Shriver retracted his statement, saying that actually around 5% of European Americans exhibit some detectable level of native African ancestry. From the 23andMe database, about 5 to at least 13 percent of self-identified European American Southerners have greater than 1 percent native African ancestry. Southern states with the highest African American populations tended to have
184-669: A proportion of new arrivals has declined since the mid-20th century, with 75.0% of the total foreign-born population born in Europe compared to 12.1% recorded in the 2010 census. The figures below show that of the total population of the specified birthplace in the United States, 11.1% were born overseas. Breakdowns of the European American population into sub-components is a difficult and rather arbitrary exercise. Farley (1991) argues that "because of ethnic intermarriage,
230-526: A survey was conducted of census recipients to determine their preferred terminology for the racial/ethnic groups defined in the Directive. For the White group, European American came a distant third, preferred by only 2.35% of panel interviewees, as opposed to White , which was preferred by 61.66%. The term is sometimes used interchangeably with Caucasian American, White American , and Anglo-American in
276-443: A very narrow view of what Mormon Music is. In particular, the blog Linescratchers has interviewed and compiled a list of many artists who fit this description. European-American European Americans are Americans of European ancestry. This term includes both people who descend from the first European settlers in the area of the present-day United States and people who descend from more recent European arrivals. Since
322-635: Is generally traditional with minimal accompaniment with piano or organ, so these musicians perform in venues other than in LDS worship services. In the 2010 and 2011, respectively, Jenny Oaks Baker and Hillary Weeks became popular contemporary Latter-Day Saint-themed inspirational recording artists. Since 2005, the Nashville Tribute Band has produced country music with an LDS theme. Each year various artist from LDS Music are featured on an annual album called Especially for Youth (EFY), that
368-555: Is highly localized; most states show only trace mean proportions of Scandinavian ancestry, while it comprises a significant proportion, upwards of 10%, of ancestry in European Americans from Minnesota and the Dakotas. EFY Especially For Youth (often abbreviated as EFY ) is a week-long youth-oriented seminar focused on fellowship and teaching the principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It
414-571: Is produced for a summer youth camp sponsored by Brigham Young University but are held at many universities across the United States. Several producers bid for the album on a 2-year cycle. The producer for the album is usually decided by EFY executive J.D. Hucks, a senior administrator for the Church Educational System 's Youth & Family Programs. From 1998–Present the EFY album producer roll has been bouncing back and forth between
460-544: Is run by Brigham Young University 's (BYU) Division of Continuing Education (CE) and is the largest church-oriented summer camp , attracting over 50,000 attendees every year at locations around the world. Attendance is open to all youth aged fourteen to eighteen. Sessions, which are primarily held in the United States , follow a common curriculum created by members of the LDS Church. Sessions take place during
506-1045: Is the EFY Express which involves a one-day program. Since the EFY Express one-day programs all occur within a day they can be held during the school year. Counselor/Coordinators Preparations Classes Classes Young Men/Young Women Activity For the Strength of Youth Activity Checkout Registration Meet Your Counselor Meet Your Company Orientation Classes Variety Show Tryouts/Musical Rehearsal/Free Time Classes Variety Show Tryouts/Musical Rehearsal/Free Time Variety Show Musical Dress Rehearsal/Free Time Service Activity Free Time Session Director Devotional FHE Games and Goal Setting Dance Etiquette and Instruction Dance Banner and Cheer Preparations Games and Cheer-Off Pizza Night Testimony Tips Fireside/Musical Program Testimony Meeting Picture/Address Exchange Dance Slide Show "Taking it Home" BYU–Idaho hosts three EFY-like programs that encompass
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#1732802307320552-730: Is the largest destination, hosting about 13,000 participants each summer. In some limited situations EFY has been held in a hotel rather than on a university campus. The stay-at-home programs which do not involve overnight accommodations are often held at local church stake centers . Sessions of EFY have been held in the following nations: There are also a number of nations that haven't hosted an EFY session, but have been invited to participate in sessions in other nations. These nations include: EFY sessions in Latin America began in Guatemala in 2009 and are now running as FSY conferences in
598-662: The Americas was Virginia Dare , born August 18, 1587. She was born in Roanoke Colony , located in present-day North Carolina , which was the first attempt, made during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I , to establish a permanent English settlement in North America. In the 2020 United States census , British Americans (58 million), German Americans (45 million), Irish Americans (38 million), Italian Americans (17 million) and Polish Americans (9 million) were
644-584: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles , was one of the banquet speakers at the founding session. The next year, attendance rose to 863 youth. As of 2005, the total number of participants who had attended EFY over the years was 409,484. John Bytheway wrote his master's thesis at BYU on the early years of EFY. In 1999, Michael R. Hicks composed "The EFY Medley," which up to 2012 became one of the main songs sung at every session of EFY. As of August 2012, JD Hucks
690-475: The United Kingdom to the United States persisted and provide a substantial cultural basis for much of the modern United States . Fischer explains "the origins and stability of a social system which for two centuries has remained stubbornly democratic in its politics, capitalist in its economy, libertarian in its laws and individualist in its society and pluralistic in its culture." Much of
736-639: The 17th century, European Americans have been the largest panethnic group in what is now the United States. The Spaniards are thought to have been the first Europeans to establish a continuous presence in what is now the contiguous United States , with Martín de Argüelles ( b. 1566) in St. Augustine , then a part of Spanish Florida , and the Russians were the first Europeans to settle in Alaska , establishing Russian America . The first English child born in
782-514: The 1960s. Some European Americans such as Italians , Greeks , Poles , Germans , Ukrainians , Irish , and others have maintained high levels of ethnic identity. In the 1960s, the melting pot ideal to some extent gave way to increased interest in cultural pluralism, strengthening affirmations of ethnic identity among various American ethnic groups, European as well as others. The American legal system also has its roots in French philosophy with
828-586: The Central America region, Mexico and other South American countries. FSY conferences are officially sanctioned and run by the LDS Church. In 1982, EFY introduced its first annual theme. Since then, a theme and a scripture have set the tone for each EFY Session. In 2018 they have done LDS church related talks that also set the tone. Each day follows a schedule of devotionals, gospel study, session director morningsides, journal time, and personal scripture study. There are little if any changes between each of
874-568: The Disco and I Dont Know How But They Found Me , Dan Truman of Diamond Rio , Fictionist , SheDaisy , KASKADE , The Piano Guys , Amy Whitcomb , Jennifer Thomas (pianist) , Dinah Jane Hansen of Fifth Harmony and many past and present members of The Aquabats . There have been efforts to expand the umbrella of "Mormon Music" to encompass all Latter-day Saints who write or perform music, reflecting an increasing frustration with institutions like Deseret Book that confine their musical offerings to
920-540: The EFY office on the BYU campus in Provo , Utah , where it is part of BYU's CE, with sessions elsewhere organized by local organizing committees and area authorities. EFY states that its mission is to help participants "come unto Christ." EFY was created by Ronald C. Hills in 1976 when 172 youth and 15 counselors met for the first session of the summer program. Then- Commissioner of Church Education Jeffrey R. Holland , now of
966-606: The European-American cultural lineage can be traced back to Western and Northern Europe , which is institutionalized in the government, traditions, and civic education in the United States. Since most later European Americans have assimilated into American culture, many Americans of European ancestry now generally express their personal ethnic ties sporadically and symbolically and do not consider their specific ethnic origins to be essential to their identity; however, European American ethnic expression has been revived since
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#17328023073201012-774: The FCMA decided to take an indefinite hiatus from workshops and the Pearl Awards. In a letter to the general public, the FCMA stated that it had grown too large of an organization and tried to accommodate too many recommendations and criticisms to continue. There are numerous artists active in the secular music world who are LDS, but do not write devotional or praise-style music. Prominent examples include Donny Osmond , Neon Trees , Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons , Lindsey Stirling , Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low , Brandon Flowers of The Killers , Gladys Knight , David Archuleta , Dallon Weekes of Panic! at
1058-736: The Latter-day Saint influence in Utah music is manifest in the state's most famous musical institution: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir . Named after the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah , the 300-member choir is world-famous. The LDS Church supports the choir both for prestige and as a proselytizing tool for spreading familiarity of the church but also to provide music at their biannual general conference . The choir performs at least weekly at
1104-684: The Mississippi River in search of riches and fortune. Another Spaniard who explored the United States, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado , set out from New Spain in 1540 in search of the mythical Seven Cities of Gold . Coronado's expedition traveled to Kansas and the Grand Canyon but failed to discover gold or treasure. However, Coronado left a gift of horses to the Plains Indians. Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano and Frenchman Jacques Cartier are other Europeans who explored
1150-574: The Spaniards. The first Spanish colonization was in 1565 at St. Augustine, Florida . One of the most significant Spanish explorers was Hernando De Soto , a conquistador who accompanied Francisco Pizzaro during his conquest of the Inca Empire . Leaving Havana, Cuba, in 1539, De Soto's expedition landed in Florida. It explored the southeastern area of the United States. They reached as far as
1196-473: The Strength of Youth (FSY) conferences, which were organized through local area presidencies , rather than through BYU. Then, after implementation initially being delayed from 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic , in 2022, EFY started facilitating FSY conferences more broadly as a standard part of the LDS Church's youth program. The traditional overnight-stay EFY programs are normally held on college campuses. BYU
1242-625: The Tabernacle for a radio program called " Music and the Spoken Word " which is the longest-running national radio program in the US. The choir has released numerous albums since it first recorded in 1910. Beginning in the 1960s, gospel music gained some success, and Latter-Day Saints played an integral role in the development of Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) into the 1970s. The Latter-Day Saint concept album The Plan , by The Osmonds ,
1288-567: The United States. In contexts such as medical research, terms such as "white" and "European" have been criticized for vagueness and blurring important distinctions between different groups that happen to fit within the label. Margo Adair suggests that viewing Americans of European descent as a single group contributes to the " wonder-breading " of the United States, eradicating the cultural heritage of individual European ethnicities. There are several subgroupings of European Americans. While these categories may be approximately defined, often due to
1334-519: The United States. The Spaniards viewed the French as threatening their trade route along the Gulf Stream. Since 1607, some 57 million immigrants from other lands have come to the United States. Approximately 10 million passed through on their way to some other place or returned to their homelands, leaving a net gain of 47 million people. Before 1881, the vast majority of immigrants, almost 86% of
1380-491: The albums might be youth-orientated and were created to be given to youth at EFY camp, they were also intended to be wonderful and uplifting - appropriate for any age. Many Saints enjoy the peaceful music with a modern twist in their homes daily as a way of inviting the Holy Ghost and making the day feel more reverent. Also, Deseret Book has written on their website that "Perhaps no other collection of albums has sold better to
1426-573: The ancestry question or chose no specific ancestral group such as "American or United States". In the 2000 census this represented over 56.1 million or 19.9% of the United States population, an increase from 26.2 million (10.5%) in 1990 and 38.2 million (16.9%) in 1980 and are specified as "unclassified" and "not reported". In 1995, as part of a review of the Office of Management and Budget 's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting),
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1472-598: The diverse nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland , such as the English , Irish , Cornish , Manx , Scotch-Irish , Scottish and Welsh . Colonial ties to the United Kingdom spread the English language , legal system and other cultural attributes. Scholar David Hackett Fischer asserts in Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America that the folkways of four groups of people who moved from distinct regions of
1518-485: The five largest self-reported European ancestry groups in the United States. The 2020 census was the first census to allow data collection on subtypes of Europeans. During previous surveys, the number of people with British ancestry was considered to be significantly under-counted, as many people in that demographic tended to identify themselves simply as Americans (20,151,829 or 7.2%). A 2015 genetic study of 148,789 European Americans concluded that British ancestry
1564-460: The highest percentages of hidden African ancestry. European Americans on average are: "98.6 percent Native European, 0.19 percent Native African and 0.18 percent Native American." Inferred British/Irish ancestry is found in European Americans from all states at mean proportions of above 20%, and represents a majority of ancestry, above 50% mean proportion, in states such as Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Scandinavian ancestry in European Americans
1610-448: The imprecise or cultural regionalization of Europe, the subgroups are nevertheless used widely in cultural or ethnic identification. This is particularly the case in diasporic populations, as with European people in the United States generally. In alphabetical order, some of the subgroups are: Before the arrival of Europeans, Native Americans predominantly inhabited the United States. The earliest Europeans to colonize North America were
1656-475: The nations who hold sessions of EFY, mostly in the schedule of the Overnight and Stay-at-Home program. Schedule changes have been made over the years. In the late 1990s the schedule involved three dances (on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and it also involved scheduled exercise time each morning. There have also been various shortened versions offered, at times involving a three-day schedule and currently there
1702-549: The numerous generations that separate respondents from their forebears and the apparent unimportance to many whites of European origin, responses appear quite inconsistent". As the largest component of the American population, the overall American culture deeply reflects the European-influenced culture that predates the United States of America as an independent state. Much of American culture shows influences from
1748-469: The plains, LDS ecclesiastical leaders, and LDS religious convictions. Hymns and other folk music were used to lift the spirits of all the saints along their treacherous journey known as the Mormon Trail. They are still used as praises or prayers to their Heavenly Father as well as a way to welcome comfort, peace and guidance from the Holy Ghost whom they try to keep as a constant companion. Since 1847,
1794-453: The production duo Tyler Castleton & Staci Peters and their competitor Jim Funk & Barry Gibbons , making it difficult for independent artist and producers to participate with the album production. In 2008, the EFY albums received criticism that over the previous decade they were "out of touch" with their targeted audience of youth ages 14–18. Opponents of this idea find that though
1840-438: The separation of powers and the federal system along with English law in common law. Another area of cultural influence are American Patriotic songs : Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. Some European Americans have varying amounts of Native American and Native African ancestry. In a recent study, Gonçalves et al. 2007 reported Native African and Native American mtDna lineages at
1886-494: The summer months in order to coincide with the summer break practiced by many schools. The program is led by Latter-day Saint young adults who serve as counselors for the youth during the sessions. Many of the speakers are selected from the LDS Church's Seminary and Institute program or from the faculty of BYU and its sister institutions in Idaho and Hawaii . All sessions in the United States and Canada are organized and managed by
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1932-470: The total, arrived from Northwestern Europe , principally Great Britain , Ireland , Germany , and Scandinavia , known as "Old Immigration". Between 1881 and 1893, the pattern shifted in the sources of U.S. "New Immigration." Between 1894 and 1914, immigrants from Central , Eastern , and Southern Europe accounted for 69% of the total. Prior to 1960, the overwhelming majority came from Europe or of European descent from Canada. Immigration from Europe as
1978-604: The youth over the last decade than the EFY albums released every summer." The EFY albums in the last 18 years are: For a time, the Faith-centered Music Association rewarded excellence in music with the Pearl Awards given in a number of different categories. Over its final few years the FCMA, which was run by senior management at Deseret Book , had been viewed as a way to "pat themselves on the back." Many if not all projects that were nominated and receive awards, are published by Deseret Book. In 2010,
2024-420: Was arguably the first explicitly Latter-Day Saint music recording to break into mainstream popularity in the rock era, with two tracks from the album reaching the U.S. top 40. Since then, Michael McLean from Heber, Utah and Kenneth Cope in Salt Lake City have become relatively popular among mostly-older Latter-day Saints for their religiously charged easy listening music. Music for LDS worship services
2070-823: Was the current program director. Between 2006 and 2011, the EFY program expanded to more parts of the world. In 2006, EFY expanded outside of the United States and Canada for the first time, with sessions in England , Germany , Mexico , and Sweden . Further expansion followed in 2009, with EFY sessions held for the first time in Spain , Italy , France and Guatemala . In 2010, the first EFY sessions were held in Australia , New Zealand , Portugal , Cape Verde , Norway , Netherlands , Tahiti , El Salvador , and Honduras . Puerto Rico hosted an EFY session in 2011. Beginning in 2012 most international locations began holding For
2116-452: Was the most common European ancestry among white Americans, with this component ranging between 20% and 55% of the total population in all 50 states. The same applies to Americans of Spanish ancestry, as many people in that demographic tend to identify themselves as Hispanic and Latino Americans (58,846,134 or 16.6%), even though they carry a mean of 65.1% European genetic ancestry, mainly from Spain . An increasing number of people ignored
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